I heard kinguin.net sells win 7 licenses for $25-ish. I think they sell insurance for a nominal fee (~$1) to provide a working license in case the seller provides a used one.
I just installed win98se on one of my boxen. I had to go out and find an unofficial service pack to install directx 9 cause whatever directx was installed with 98se would cause a crash on my geforce fx5900xt if I changed the resolution to be greater than 800x600. Finding drivers and middleware...
Bang for buck I would recommend a used radeon 7970. They seem to sell for ~$120. They will smoke a gtx 950 and even a r9 380 in most games. No free sync but you can't afford that in the budget leagues anyway. In addition, you can get windows XP drivers for them in case you need to go retro...
I too was jaded about gaming but then I realized I was only considering AAA titles which have become much too samey in their themes and gameplay. I went looking for games of vintage genres with focus on gameplay rather than graphics. I am currently intrigued by Cardhunter, Galax-Z and Shovel...
So what you are saying is cpu is going to have a bigger effect than video card at 768p in Battlefield/Battlefront? What kind of difference did you see in frame rate between i3 3220 and i5 2550?
Because an alternative $160 upgrade for me is to get a used i5 3570 but I thought I answered that...
BF3 actually. Good suggestion. What is afterburner? Does it replace Catalyst Control Center? Can I play multiplayer while having the on-screen display on?
I'm kind of miffed that no one has done these kind of tests somewhere on the interwebs. All the review sites seem to test the same...
Great suggestions. I'm really interested in the 960. At my gaming resolutions, is 4GB vram going to make any difference?
Also anyone got a link to SW Battlefront tests using a R 6950? I'd like to get an idea of the frame rate improvement if I went from R 6950 to GTX 960. You know because I...
TV is Samsung LN46C630 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LCD. It has a dsub input labeled "PC" so I assumed it would bypass the scaler and the associated delays. How do I find out if this is going to be a decent gaming screen?
My gaming machine has an i3-2120 (3.3 Ghz), 8gb ddr3, h61 mb and a radeon 6950 vc running windows 7.I normally play multiplayer fps games like Battlefield and I am eyeing SW Battlefront. I game on a 768p 60Hz screen. I am willing to sacrifice visual quality for the best frame rate and smoothest...
Thanks for the quick replies. You guys rock. I'll take this over to video card thread and see if it is worthwhile to upgrade the 6950 on a $160 budget for my intended games.
My gaming machine has an i3-2120 (3.3 Ghz), 8gb ddr3, h61 mb and a radeon 6950 vc running windows 7. I am thinking about upgrading it. What would be most bang for the buck upgrade? Right now I am considering:
Used i5 3570 ($160) (not going to overclock because of h61 mb)
or
New i3 4170...
Here are links to three tn panels that are interchangable with the LG panel linked above. If you can find a laptop that uses one of them you can probably swap the LG IPS panel:
http://www.panelook.com/N156BGE-L21_Innolux_15.6_LCM_overview_12337.html...
Not sure. The problem you will have is if the resolution of the panels means that the number of LVDS channels changes. For example 768p 6 bit uses 1 channel of LVDS. Not sure what 1080p 6 bit uses. Might be two channels. If so downgrading from 2 channel to 1 will make things complicated. I...
I use an Asus K53 which came with a 15.6" 1366x768 TN panel. However, you can buy a 15.6" 1366x768 IPS panel with the same mounting holes and connector. This is the only laptop I know of that can be upgraded like this because usually the panels either have a different connector or different...
Looks like netflix is not supporting hardware decode on that amd chip. Here is my suggestion for a browsing / netflix machine. Its not windows but it is 11.6 and it will play videos flawlessly:
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-C720-Chromebook-11-6-Inch-2GB/dp/B00FNPD1VW
"the system just chugs on basically any task" may mean that your windows install is old and bloated or that your hard drive is going bad. I assume you are using windows 7? I would try a clean install of windows to see if that makes things run faster.
What type of tasks are you performing on...
Refurb 13" macbook pro from Apple. Can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/FD101LL/A/refurbished-133-inch-macBook-pro-25ghz-dual-core-intel-i5
Disassembly instructions are here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2012+Battery+Replacement/10365...
That third link is directions for building a lightweight desktop environment using a debian net install, the most bare bones of all the installs and results in the smallest memory footprint. It is what I used. It is for wheezy, which is old stable now but the instructions work in jessie, you...
I have a couple of t60s, one with 32bit proc and one with 64bit proc and 3gb and 2.5 gb of memory respectively. You can use any linux distro, just use a lightweight desktop environment to minimize memory usage (i.e. LXDE, XFCE). I suggest a distro with a large community around it for ease of...
The problem with touchpads these days is that they are too big. A big touch pad means I'm constantly unintentionally clicking with my palms or base of my thumbs when typing which is really really annoying. My best typing machine is an old thinkpad t61 with a comparatively tiny touchpad. The...
You could put a linux distro on a zfs pool. Snapshot the install before you add anything new. Rollback if it breaks. See here for more information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_Arch_Linux_on_ZFS Alternatively, I believe PC-BSD has this functionality with a normal install...
I have had laptops that had problems booting larger usb drives because there were bugs in the bios. Frex, an elitebook 8540w with an early bios would hang when booting 32GB sticks. The later bios apparently fixed this problem but I tried a 128GB stick and it wouldn't boot while a 16GB stick...
That depends on why he is not getting a signal throughout his modest size house. If it is being caused by old style construction techniques in the walls, then wireless n is not going to work too well and wireless g will be a better solution. If it is being caused by lots of neighbors with...
I would suggest a linksys wrt54gl that can be purchased here for $28:
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54GL-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B00LV89BEG
and then getting these hi-gain antennas for $10:
http://www.amazon.com/Super-Power-Supply%C2%AE-871W-G-E-K9-Air-AP1252AG-A-K9/dp/B00KQ0U19E...
Your best bet is a 32bit linux running lxde. This combination will be the best balance between functionality and low ram usage. My suggestion - try debian live i386 lxde and see how it works. If it is sufficient then install to the hard drive. To try running from a usb stick, download...
Your best bet is a 32bit linux running lxde. This combination will be the best balance between functionality and low ram usage. My suggestion - try debian live i386 lxde and see how it works. If it is sufficient then install to the hard drive. To try running from a usb stick, download...
Just to give you an idea of memory usage, I have an older thinkpad running debian i386 lxde live booted off of usb and the system ram usage with desktop and chrome browser with 3 tabs open is about 1.2GB.
Your best bet is a 32bit linux running lxde. This combination will be the best balance between functionality and low ram usage. My suggestion - try debian live i386 lxde and see how it works. If it is sufficient then install to the hard drive. To try running from a usb stick, download...
I'm not sure exactly which model you are trying to run linux on but given that it is running 8.1 I guessing it is fairly new. Because of this you will need a linux with a fairly new kernel in order to insure there are drivers for the hardware. In addition you have 2 GB of RAM so you want a...
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